Ok thanks. I tried that. It worked. You need a form with a transparent background which took a little work with gimp ( http://www.ehow.com/how_8422694_remove-white-gimp.html). Then I used a table to place the fields where I wanted them.. So I can see a method to get this handled.
What would be much easier would be to be able to make the image a background layer or a watermark (like microsoft), overlay it with a transparent table and then place the fields to match the form. I wouldn't have to go the extra step of making the background transparent. If you have a lot of fields, it's a lot of clicking. The other way I could do it is have a blank form, place the fields on a transparent table for precise locations, then overprint the hardcopy form. Then I would have to scan the completed document. Either way - there are some extra steps to get what I want, but it can be done. So... Thanks. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Alexander Thurgood [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4062428...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > Le 21/06/2013 05:23, howellsilverman a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > > When I try to move a database field on top of an image (or PDF object), > > writer won't let me place it on top of the image. > > > > Is there a way to put a database field on top of an image? > > If you try to insert the fields by dragging and dropping on top of the > image, then this will only work for the first field, and only on the > first line of the page, and even then only if the image is arranged in > the background apparently, at least from my testing - in other words, > completely useless. > > If however, you drag and drop your fields first, and then insert the > image and set that to wrap in background, you can put your fields more > or less wherever you want. > > > Alex > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4062428&i=0> > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062428.html > To unsubscribe from Database field on top of PDF document, click > here<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4062419&code=aG93ZWxsc2lsdmVybWFuQGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0MDYyNDE5fDM0OTk3MzM2Mw==> > . > NAML<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- Howell Silverman 516-495-9568 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062479.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
